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Limbe

Cameroon
Also known as: Victoria
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Limbe, town and port located in southwestern Cameroon. It lies along Ambas Bay in the Gulf of Guinea, at the southern foot of Mount Cameroon, just south of Buea.

Formerly:
Victoria
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The town was founded in 1858 by Baptist missionaries, and several historical monuments dating from the colonial 1890s have been preserved. Limbe is Cameroon’s second largest port, after the nearby port of Douala. It depends on migrant labour and the export produce of nearby plantations: coffee, cacao, palm oil and kernels, tea, bananas, and rubber. A hospital and an airport serve the town, which also has beaches and boating facilities. Pop. (2005) 84,223.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Laura Etheredge.